Environment Changes

Environmental issues are distinguished by:

• Irreversibility

• Uncertainty

• Complexity

• All of the above

Liberalism, economic nationalism and critical theories:

• Have been sensitive to environmental problems

• Provide and adequate framework to analyse environmental degradation

• Need to supplemented with insights from environmental studies

• Have nothing to say about environmental problems

The significance of the environment for IPE has been highlighted by:

• UN conferences

• Growth in scientific knowledge

• Environmental disasters

• All of the above

The dominant understanding of sustainable development is development that:

• Prioritizes human consumption and development

• Sustains humans’ ability to enjoy economic growth

• Meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations

• none of the above

Between the first (1992) and second (2012) earth summits human generated carbon emissions have:

• Fallen by 40%

• Fallen by 10 %

• Remained at the same level

• Risen by 40%

Climate change sceptics deny:

• The existence of global warming

• The adverse human impact on climate change

• The possibility of devising appropriate climate policy

• All of the above

Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

• CO2

• Methane

• Water vapor

• All of the above

Which of the following are consequences associated with climate change?

• The ice sheets are declining, glaciers are in retreat globally, and our oceans are more acidic than ever

• Surface temperatures are setting new heat records about each year

• More extreme weather like droughts, heat waves, and hurricanes

• All of the above.

What can you do to help fight climate change?

• Divest from fossil fuel companies

• Engage yourself in the science behind climate change

• Vote for political candidates who will advocate for climate-related legislation and policy improvements

• All of the above

What was agreed to in the “Paris Agreement” that came out of COP-21, held in Paris in 2015?

• To protect biodiversity and end the deforestation of the world’s rainforests

• To keep global temperature rise well below 2℃ pre-industrial levels and to pursue a path to limit warming to 1.5℃

• To limit sea level rise to 3 feet above current levels

• To pursue a goal of 100% clean, renewable energy